> From: Chad Catacchio <chadcatacc...@gmail.com> > Date: 23 February, 2011 0:52:54 EST > To: crisiscomm...@googlegroups.com > Subject: [CrisisCommons] CrisisCampNZ status update and needs > Reply-To: crisiscomm...@googlegroups.com > > All, > Wanted to pass on updates from the volunteers in New Zealand (CrisisCampNZ) > and virtual volunteers. I'll go through a status update, and then pass on > what is needed from the worldwide community: > Current status: > > CrisisCampNZ wiki page is > here: http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/CrisisCampNZ > Quake wiki page is > here: > http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Christchurch_NZ_Earthquake_21.02.2011 and > includes conference call notes from 3 calls > Tim McNamara, Robert Coup, Josh Forde, Nigel McNie, Jennifer Geard, and many > others are working together on the ground outside of Christchurch - Gavin > Treadgold is on the ground there for Sahana. > Ushahidi instance is stable and currently supported by 20-30 volunteers at > the moment, including programmers and people processing reports. > URL: http://eq.org.nz/main > The Computer Science Department at Victoria University at Wellington has > offered access to a room with 16 computers for a week (probably more if > needed). There are at the moment 15 volunteers working there. > A ticketing system has been set up for feature requests and/or issues with > the Ushahidi instance: https://github.com/ccnz/Ushahidi_Web/issues > There has been an ongoing Skype stream for CrisisCampNZ for about 30 hours > (i.e. within an hour of the quake) - Heather Leson, Heather Blanchard, > Pascal Schuback or myself can add you in - just let us know (of course > anyone in there can, but many of you have our Skype contacts already) > The Ushahidi install is embedded in 2 major news websites in NZ - Stuff and > NZ Herald > The free shortcode is enabled, working and has been distributed via many > channels, including Telecom NZ > There are currently 312 reports approved in the system > According to Ushahidi's internal stats, the site has received 44,000+ unique > visitors and 78,000+ page views since the quake > NZ Civil Defense is aware of the site > New aerial imagery is not available at the moment, with cloud cover > hindering the process. > > Needs: > > Moving forward, the most pressing need over the next few days/week will be > to have volunteers in the European daytime timezones to assist in curating > reports. The NZ team has a few people they plan to reach out to, but if > anyone on this list in those timezones would like to assist on monitoring > the Ushahidi reports during the night in NZ, that is the most pressing need. > Please email crisiscam...@gmail.com and/or Josh Forde (both cc'd to this > email) to coordinate. > > Big thanks to the all of the Ushahidi and Humanity Road folks that have > tirelessly assisted volunteers to get this install running properly and to > get folks trained. > If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. > CrisisCampNZ team and Chad Catacchio
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